some flowers
are blooming
only one day each year,
otherwise they dance
by stem.
so show,
stone skin, your mossy
fissures undisturbed
where each lichen so
smooth is more a rust
than an organism.
and in those cambium
wounds where
vulnerable growth
curls fearfully
show proudly
the burl. do not fear
you are loved only
by your bark.
weave roots
with others
so all
stand tall.
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